My
road trip…….
In
the last 48hours I have been able to cover about 2321 Kms .Yea I bet you are
asking where I am?I am with you in spirit….right there where you are. I had
reached a dead end with my writing, so had to do two things out of my comfort
zone. One within the city and the other 2321kms away. While in town I went on a
date with someone I met online, crazy, right? Let us just say that after the
date, the guy never heard from me, not that I had ill intentions, but that he
fell short, he didn’t meet my threshold. He complained about fifty shillings,
falling short of the notion that “mwanamume ni effort”. Where I come from, when
you are taking a girl out on a first date, you must make an effort….keeping in
mind that first impressions last……
I
am seated aboard this bus, everyone else is enjoying the movie on the plasma
screen. The aircon is roving as the engine chatters and clicks. My seat number,
four, just behind the driver. All that separates him and myself is the plasma
screen. I bet now you know why I am not able to watch the screen. My seat mate
a fairly elderly man, seems to be in his late forties, seems to have been
cultured by life. His Swahili sounds like that from Pemba, one of the 5
dialects of Swahili. Well as is the
rule, before you travel, you must do some research .At least about the people,
their culture and well, the language.
The
bus, let me tell a little bit about it. My seat is adjustable, a good size, a
good deal for the amount I paid for it. The drinks served on board are chilled
both soft and alcoholic, strange for a destination that is predominantly well, I will not mention………….
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